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Pol Vault
The movie, for all its gleeful violence, also packs a social conscience.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
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Tags: District B13, Pierre Morel
All Hams on Deck
This is a lame imitation of American action movies right down to the line "You and I -- we're the same."
Washington City Paper |
Jason Powell |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kwak Kyung-taek, Typhoon
Run Wild, Run Freenew
This French import is not big on plot exposition, instead focusing on its finely wrought action momentum, which moves ever forward with rushing exhilaration.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: District B13, Pierre Morel
Sit a Spell
This is squirmily funny.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-02-2006 |
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Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
Rock & Roll Residuenew
With an award-winning performance by Maggie Cheung, Clean is one of the most emotionally honest movies about drug addiction ever made.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
06-02-2006 |
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Tags: Olivier Assayas, Clean
His Finest Hour
The movie means to emphasize the banality of the man's fate, and it does that job a little too well.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Overlord, Stuart Cooper
Blockbuster
This is a relaxed tribute to a famous friend, but there are moments that point in the untaken direction of a more interesting film.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
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He Said, She Saidnew
Thirtysomething icon Jennifer Aniston grieves a failed relationship in one half of the movie, while thirtysomething icon Vince Vaughn grows up in the other.
Austin Chronicle |
Marrit Ingman |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Peyton Reed, The Break-Up
Adjust the Facts
Maybe it will inspire a few people to trade in their SUVs, but the inconvenient truth is that this film is likely to do more for Gore's political profile than for the soon-to-be-submerged residents of West Bengal.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
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When Bondage Was Innocentnew
Two films inspire nostalgia for sexual discretion.
Breaking the Wavesnew
Matthew Barney and Bjork get metaphysical on the high seas.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
06-01-2006 |
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French Connectionnew
France's District B13 delivers U.S.-style action.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: District B13, Pierre Morel
Indecent Proposalnew
Proposition takes the Western to the Outback.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
06-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Hillcoat, The Proposition
It’s Getting Hot in Herenew
The overhead images of Lake Chad are just a couple of many illustrations he uses to point out the simple, terrible, unavoidable "truth" in the title of his film: If we don't do something, we all gonna die, peoples.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-01-2006 |
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